The Nokia 9 PureView has five cameras and much to prove

HMD Global has a new flagship from Nokia, and it's perhaps the company's most ambitious mobile phone: the Nokia 9 PureView with an impressive five-count-em-five camera on the back, which officially takes over the most reversing cameras have ever set up a phone.

It may be HMD's biggest game ever to call the old Nokia before buying and reviving the brand. And while the Nokia 9 PureView may not have the amazing megapixel that Nokia mobile phones were known for, it's certainly a product to commemorate those glory days.

There is much to discover about the Nokia 9 PureView. Unlike other cell phones with multiple cameras, such as the LG V40 or Samsung's new Galaxy S1

0, the Nokia 9 PureView uses the same specifications for all five cameras: each camera has a 12 megapixel sensor and a 1: 1.8 Lens. But only two of these five cameras are recorded in color – the other three are monochrome.

Whenever you press the shutter button, all five cameras shoot

When you use the shutter button, all five cameras simultaneously make different exposures, which then become a single, extremely detailed recording. Depending on the scene composition, Nokia says that some cameras can even take multiple shots to add more data to the final image. The result – at least theoretically – is a smartphone camera that offers a new level of detail and color.

As one would have expected from a device with so many cameras, Nokia partnered with Light (the makers of the 16-camera L16), making it the first mobile phone the camera company has contributed to. Nokia uses the Lux Capacitor chip to control the five cameras, as the Snapdragon 845 is designed to handle up to three lenses at once (although the company also works with Qualcomm to optimize the cameras.) Possible with the 845

I was able to personally try out the Nokia 9 PureView's cameras, and even on a pre-production unit, the phone delivered quite impressive detail despite the bleak exterior lighting. We'll have to wait for a definitive version of the software and hardware before we make real judgments, but it's not a bad start.

Nokia 9 PureView [19659012] taken on pre-production hardware)

It took about 10 seconds to process an image

Although the photo details are impressive, I could not help but disappoint to be disappointed that the phone is not working. t offers greater versatility from its range of cameras. The exciting promise of both the original L16 camera and the subsequent multi-lens phones, such as the V40, was the idea that you could use different types of lenses on a single device, giving you the option of a complete set of lenses with one Handle to take along button. The Nokia 9 PureView offers only a single focal length.

Another problem is the processing time – this is not entirely final, but shooting in RAW DNG with all depth mapping functions are pretty slow. In my tests, it took about 10 seconds to process an image after shooting, and then a few seconds to load the final result in full resolution in the photo app. Now, Nokia says these features are disabled by default, and regular JPEG files should shoot faster. However, if you're someone who buys the Nokia 9 PureView, you're probably interested in taking full advantage of all of these cameras.

Nokia also works with Adobe for the Nokia 9. Lightroom comes preinstalled The two companies are developing Lightroom presets specifically designed for Nokia 9 PureView lenses.

The Nokia 9 PureView is HMD's best ever high-end phone yet.

The camera is obviously the star of the show, but the rest of the Nokia 9 PureView is still close to a modern Android flagship. It's similar in design and features to the previous year's Pixel 3 and Galaxy S9 – it uses, for example, the slightly older Snapdragon 845 processor – in contrast to the eye-catching 2019 phones being announced.

Nokia's Nokia 9 PureView is HMD's best-selling high-end phone with premium features such as an in-display fingerprint sensor and face unlocking system, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage space, and more compared to Nokia's previous flagships more IP67 sealing. The display itself is a 5.99-inch 2K OLED panel and there is also a 3,320 mAh battery (although there is no headphone jack – sorry, folks). Gorilla Glass is covered on the front and back with an aluminum side.

HMD Mobile has announced that the Nokia 9 PureView will be available in March. The price depends on the market, but is sold in the US for $ 699.